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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Naya Bazar in India

Posted by admin on September 12, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 27.3759S, 87.8566WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Naya Bazar in India. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:27:20 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 87.8566° East, 27.3759° North. Event id: us100032ju. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032ju. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/15 / 2015-08-15 05:42:20 / August 15, 2015 @ 5:42 am.

Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Shiliguri (c. 515 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Dārjiling (c. 123 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Dharān Bāzār (c. 108 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Naksalbāri (c. 57 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kārsiyāng (c. 46 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kālimpang (c. 43 000 pop). Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shiliguri, Bāghdogra, Naksalbāri.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km WNW of Naya Bazar, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 87.8566° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.3759° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km WNW of Naya Bazar, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-15 05:42:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-12 10:38:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 345 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100032ju Id of event.
Event Code 100032ju An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100032ju, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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